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Books in the Poetry - Humorous genre:

Laughable Lyrics (1877)

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This fourth and final collection includes The Dong with a Luminous Nose among other delights. Read for free online at Project Gutenberg and at DigiNole.... View More

Author(s): Edward Lear
Illustrator(s): Edward Lear

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The Diverting History of John Gilpin (1878)

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This comic masterpiece by Jane Austen’s favorite poet describes what started out as a quiet expedition to the country. Read online at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): William Cowper
Illustrator(s): Randolph Caldecott

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The House that Jack Built (1878)

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The well-loved rhyme of what lay in the house that Jack built. Read online at archive.org.

Author(s): Randolph Caldecott
Illustrator(s): Randolph Caldecott

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That Stanley! (1878)

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A satiric panagyric on the famous African explorer's quest to find Dr. Livingston. Read online at Hathitrust.

Author(s): Palmer Cox
Illustrator(s): Palmer Cox

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The Children's Funny Book (1879)

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A collection of verse, nonsense and cautionary. Read online at Baldwin Library.

Author(s): Palmer Cox
Kirk Munroe
Et al
Illustrator(s): Palmer Cox
Et al

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Christmas Snowflakes (1879)

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This is an anthology of amateur American poetry. Read online at Baldwin Library.... View More

Author(s): Various
Illustrator(s): Palmer Cox

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An Elegy on the Death of a Mad Dog (1879)

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A comic poem on the subject of man bites dog. Read online at archive.org.

Author(s): Oliver Goldsmith
Illustrator(s): Randolph Caldecott

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How the Froggies Go to Sleep (1879)

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A collection of sixteen short stories and poems - better than average for its era. Read online at Baldwin Library.

Author(s): Palmer Cox
Kirk Munroe
Et al
Illustrator(s): Palmer Cox
Louisa Parsons Stone Hopkins

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R. Caldecott’s Picture Book: Volume 1 (1879)

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This first omnibus volume contains: The Diverting History of John Gilpin (1878) The House That Jack Built (1878) The Babes in the Wood (1879) Elegy on the Death of a Mad Dog (1879) Read online at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): Randolph Caldecott
William Cowper
Illustrator(s): Randolph Caldecott

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The Three Jovial Huntsmen (1880)

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The comical, poetical adventures of three hunters with their horns. Read online at archive.org.

Author(s): Randolph Caldecott
Illustrator(s): Randolph Caldecott

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Randolph Caldecott’s Collection of Pictures and Songs (1881)

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This omnibus collects the first eight of R. Caldecott’s Picture Books: The Diverting History of John Gilpin (1878) The House That Jack Built (1878) Elegy on the Death of a Mad Dog (1879) The Babes in the Wood (1879) Sing a Song for Sixpence (1... View More

Author(s): Randolph Caldecott
Illustrator(s): Randolph Caldecott

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A Frog He Would A-Wooing Go (1883)

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An old Scottish ballad. Read online at archive.org.

Author(s): Randolph Caldecott
Illustrator(s): Randolph Caldecott

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Chatterbox Hall (1884)

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Stories and verses to accompany the pictures.

Author(s): Unknown
Illustrator(s): Kate Greenaway

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A Child’s Garden of Verses (1885)

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‘In winter I get up at nightAnd dress by yellow candle-light.In summer, quite the other way,I have to go to bed by day.’ And sixty-three other well-known poems. Read online at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): Robert Louis Stevenson
Illustrator(s): None

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Dame Wiggins of Lee and Her Seven Wonderful Cats (1885)

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A humorous poem first published in 1823 with additional verses by Ruskin and four additional illustrations by Greenaway. Read the original with colored illustrations at Internet Archive. And the augmented version at the University of Florida.... View More

Author(s): Mrs. Pearson
John Ruskin
R. S. Sharpe
Illustrator(s): Anonymous
Kate Greenaway

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The Great Panjandrum Himself (1885)

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The final picture book by R. Caldecott is a nonsense paragraph. Read online at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): Samuel Foote
Illustrator(s): Randolph Caldecott

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Little Grains for Little People (1885)

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Illustrated poems about natural products and how we use them. It was at least sometimes given away as an advertisement. Read online at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): Palmer Cox
Illustrator(s): Palmer Cox

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The Panjandrum Picture Book (1885)

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This final omnibus contains the last four of R. Caldecott’s Picture Books: Come Lasses and Lads (1884) Ride a Cock Horse to Banbury Cross (1884) An Elegy on the Glory of Her Sex, Mrs. Mary Blaize (1885) The Great Panjandrum Himself (1885) Rea... View More

Author(s): Randolph Caldecott
Illustrator(s): Randolph Caldecott

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Dream Land (1886)

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A collection of poetry and prose intended for schools. Includes a Palmer Cox mouse story. Read online at Baldwin Library.... View More

Author(s): Palmer Cox
Various
Illustrator(s): Palmer Cox
Various

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The Baby’s Own Æsop (1887)

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Aesop’s Fables, condensed and converted to rhyme. Read for free online at Internet Archive and at the University of Florida.... View More

Author(s): W. J. Linton
Illustrator(s): Walter Crane

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